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An issue I have with Maslow's hierarchy of needs

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Excerpt: The most basic need is Physiological - check.
The third need (since it is basically a relatively linear theory) is Love/Belonging - check.
The top need, the highest of the "growth" needs is self actualization - check.
Issue - The basic concept here is that the higher needs only come into focus once all the needs that are lower down in the pyramid are mainly or entirely satisfied. Well, why is self actualization not a more basic need? What happens to the few people who are circuited

Re: An issue I have with Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Quote posted by HeatherRae

I never thought of it that way, but I believe you make a really valid point.

There are varying degrees of it all though too. It could be complicated to really pick this apart.

-fortified with 100% HtC. My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.
-Arnold Schwarzenegger

Re: An issue I have with Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Quote posted by 4everhung

I used to sit in the window and tan myself during psych class
the professor was kinda hot too

A hot psych prof....my mind's racing.

-fortified with 100% HtC. My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.
-Arnold Schwarzenegger

Re: An issue I have with Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Quote posted by hanselthecaretaker

A hot psych prof....my mind's racing.

I rarely commented in that class
actually only once
she was discussing some experiment which involved somehow bringing the animals to the precipice of orgasm
and then stopping
it was then I pointed out how this tactic violated an earlier lecture claim that animals aren't harmed in experiments

Re: An issue I have with Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Quote posted by 4everhung

I rarely commented in that class
actually only once
she was discussing some experiment which involved somehow bringing the animals to the precipice of orgasm
and then stopping
it was then I pointed out how this tactic violated an earlier lecture claim that animals aren't harmed in experiments

.....and that was when she bellowed out an evil Cruella DeVille-esque laugh?

-fortified with 100% HtC. My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.
-Arnold Schwarzenegger